The Centre for Health and Medical Humanities at The University of Kent warmly invites you on Tuesday 11 June 2024.
Conversation about Shame with Luna Dolezal and Will Bynum (11 June, 4pm BST, online)
The Centre for Health and Medical Humanities at The University of Kent warmly invites you on Tuesday 11 June 2024 at 4pm – 5pm BST (online) for a Conversation about Arts, Humanities and Health with:
Prof Luna Dolezal (University of Exeter)
Dr Will Bynum (Duke University)
Co-hosts Ian Sabroe and Dieter Declercq will talk with Luna and Will about shame. Key themes we will explore include: understanding shame, the role shame can play at work and shame competence.
The event will run as a webinar, focussing on the conversation between Luna and Will. Audience members will be able to write questions in a Q&A session, which Ian and Dieter will weave into the conversation.
How To Register?
Attendance is free, but please register here. You will then receive an email with a link for the Zoom webinar.
Luna Dolezal is Professor of Philosophy and Medical Humanities at the University of Exeter. She has been researching shame for over 15 years, and is PI of the Shame and Medicine Project (2020-2025), funded by the Wellcome Trust, and was PI of the Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19 Project (2020-2022), funded by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council. Luna has developed training in ‘shame competence’ in collaboration with the Devon & Cornwall Police, and worked with Will Bynum to set up The Shame Lab. See Luna’s University of Exeter Staff Profile here.
Will Bynum is an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and and a veteran of the United States Air Force. He received his M.D. at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 2010 and Ph.D. in Health Professions Education at Maastricht University in the Netherlands in 2023, where defended his thesis entitled “Out of the shadows: a qualitative exploration of shame in medical learners.” Along with Luna, he is a co-creator of The Shame Space, a global consortium that advances open communication about the role of shame in healthcare, a co-producer on the award winning “Shame in Medicine” podcast series produced by The Nocturnists, and a co-founder of The Shame Lab, which catalyzes research and training to advance shame competence in healthcare and beyond. He is the author of over 30 peer-reviewed publications and has given over 150 workshops and presentations to top hospitals, conferences, and organizations such as Massachusetts General Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania, and the American Hospital Association. He has received numerous awards for his research including Best Paper by the AAMC Research in Medical Education Committee in 2021 and Best Doctoral Report by the Association of Medical Educators of Europe in 2023.
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